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Loren Crabtree leaving UT
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University of Tennessee Communications
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Jan. 3, 2008
Loren Crabtree Steps Down as UT Knoxville Chancellor
KNOXVILLE — University of Tennessee President John Petersen and UT
Knoxville Chancellor Loren Crabtree jointly announced today that
Crabtree will step down as chancellor, effective immediately.
The announcement followed what both Petersen and Crabtree termed “a
discussion in which we arrived at a joint decision.”
Both said, “We share common goals for the university and for the
Knoxville campus, but we have some differing philosophies in the area of
governance. We agree it is time to put those differences aside in the
interest of best enabling the university to continue to take advantage
of unprecedented opportunities and success in key research and academic
areas.”
Petersen added, “Loren Crabtree has done an excellent job leading the
Knoxville campus, including through one of the most difficult periods of
instability in the university’s history, and he has presided over a
nationally acclaimed series of accomplishments.”
Crabtree said, “I am proud of the accomplishments of UT Knoxville
during my seven-year tenure here, particularly the improvements in the
quality of our students and our faculty and staff. I believe this campus
is positioned to become one of the best public universities in the
nation. I am happy to have been a part of that progress.”
Petersen said his strategic direction reflects the charge given him by
the Board of Trustees to ensure the university continues meeting its
teaching, research and land-grant responsibilities to the people of
Tennessee.
He said this direction “absolutely includes continuing to build on
Knoxville’s prominence as the flagship campus and research institution
but seeks to maximize the opportunities and contributions for all the
university’s campuses and its statewide role.”
Petersen said an interim chancellor will be named within days, and that
a search committee representing broad input will be formed quickly.
“This is a great university,” Petersen said, “and we will attract
excellent leadership who will continue the priority of making UT one of
the top-tier universities in the country.”
Jan 3rd, 2008
